Re: [pf] ...opinions on feminism, _in_ Afghanistan.

>David M. wrote:
>> · My view is that a human life has exactly the same value as any other
>> human ... _and_ the same value as any other animal or plant that has a
>> comparable effect (averaged over the last 50,000 years) ...
>> · Not a high value, but not valueless either.
>
At 07:58 17/10/2001 -0500, Jill wrote:
> ... I want to stay away from comparing value of life of one against
another if I can help it. ... for me is to make decisions on such
guidelines as this:
>    Will this decision increase or decrease:
- diversity of life?
- the chance of a more sustainable system/world
- the chance of a more democratic world
- feminism?
>
>    Then there is the Green principle of personal responsibility ...
>    There are other guidelines to consider ... How does one act in
solidarity with the women of Afghanistan? What are the changes that they
are calling for?  How would they want us to act to bring about these changes?
>                                           Jill
>

· The big unknown for me is the applicability of feminism to Islamic
countries.

· My _guess_ (nothing more) is that a large majority of women, particularly
when they've had some experience of the sort of freedom they got under the
Russians and in Iran for a while, would prefer to not live under Sharia law

· However, if living is hard, and if such Islamic law leads to large-ish,
close-knit family groups, then the individualist emphasis of Western
feminism may be more than a disadvantage to those women, it may be
life-threatening (on the basis that in subsistence societies, all hands and
skills are needed, so individuals going off to make a life for themselves
threatens the survival of those remaining in the group).

· So it isn't obvious to me that thoughtful _Afghan_ women would actually
welcome the toppling of the Taleban rulers (& replacement by a moderate,
part-secular, government and law system - viz Turkey).

David.
David MacClement [davd @ ihug.co.nz] (remove spaces)
http://davd.tripod.com/GrRR-011012_titles.html#top
http://www.geocities.com/davd.geo/index.html#top
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